An experimental feature on the popular electronic book will allow a little voice to auto-read the text of the book for you, but the Author’s Guild says that infringes on its members’ rights to the audio adaptations of their works. [WSJ, Slashdot]
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
by Walter Olson on February 11, 2009
An experimental feature on the popular electronic book will allow a little voice to auto-read the text of the book for you, but the Author’s Guild says that infringes on its members’ rights to the audio adaptations of their works. [WSJ, Slashdot]
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Oh goodie!! The battle of the Author’s Guild lawyers verses ADA lawyers!
Everyone needs to stop reading to their kids at night, too.
the Kindle’s main selling point for me is it’s text-to-specch feature
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